4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1958
Rheumatoid lung changes associated with asbestosis
…of rheumatoid lung disease. The patient was a 49-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis who had worked as a general labourer in an asbestos factory from January 1952 to January 1956. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1951
Asbestosis associated with bronchogenic carcinoma
…cancer and asbestosis, and reviewed earlier published reports of lung cancer occurring together with asbestosis. The patient was a 40-year-old white man admitted to Queens General Hospital with cough, fever and weakness. He had…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Carcinoma of the lung in asbestosis: report of two additional cases
…their lungs (8.2 per cent). Over the same period and age range, their hospital's general rate was 1.5 per cent. No fiber type was named. The authors concluded that this and other series…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1955
Silicosis and asbestosis: diagnosis, prevention and treatment
…stated that effective therapy for disabling asbestosis had not been demonstrated. American experience had not shown more lung cancer in recognized asbestosis cases than in the general population, although British experience suggested a possible causal relationship…